Its president, Dalil Boubakeur, has discouraged Muslims from joining the marches on January 17th.

ECONOMIST: France and Muslim countries

They shared out top jobs, under the cautious leadership of Dalil Boubakeur, the Algerian-born head of the Paris Mosque.

ECONOMIST: French Catholics and Muslims

Dalil Boubakeur, head of the Grand Mosque in Paris, condemned the cartoons "in the strongest possible terms" and expressed surprise that the magazine was running new Mohammed cartoons after its offices were attacked the last time it did so.

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